Final Fantasy 14 director and producer Naoki "Yoshi-P" Yoshida believes that the MMO has a problem in how it balances providing content for ultra-casual players, ultra-hardcore raid fiends, and all those fans in between, and given the response to recent content, it's safe to say much of the community feels the same way. Yoshi-P says a design philosophy change is in order, and we'll start to see some of that new approach take shape in 7.35's new Deep Dungeon.
As Yoshi-P notes in the latest Letter from the Producer live stream, Final Fantasy 14 tends to get casual content in odd-numbered patches, and hardcore content in even-numbered updates. Yoshida says that, in the wake of player feedback, he's been doing "a lot of thinking" about what kind of player will enjoy these types of content.
